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Supported by the Tadcaster and Villages Community Engagement Forum www.selby.gov.uk/tv_cef Issue 22 | Summer 2020
TADCASTER TOWN COUNCIL SUMMER 2020 NEWSLETTER
Revitalise. Renew. Reinvent Time to focus on planning the future of our town Survey seeks your views on Town centre Few businesses or community organisations will A new survey is seeking local people’s views on Tadcaster town centre. The have remained immune to the effects of the survey findings will be used to decide future priorities that help local people get more Coronavirus pandemic in the town. So now is the out of their town centre. The survey is being carried out by the People & Places time to start the process of planning the re-build:
Partnership and has been commissioned by Selby District Council in conjunction with We already all know how many derelict buildings Tadcaster Town Council and the Tadcaster Business Forum. The findings will be and plots of land there are in Tad. We know how discussed widely with local community groups and businesses as part of deciding quiet the town centre is. But we also know how future priorities. many amazing groups there are – from our Community Swimming Pool, through to libraries, Chris Wade, who is organising the survey on behalf of People & Places, says “the schools, community centres, charities… We are survey asks local people about their reactions to the Coronavirus pandemic, how they now fortunate to be the focus of a number of currently use the town centre and their hopes for Tadcaster in future. We want as agencies and organisations turning their thoughts many people as possible of all ages to take about 10 minutes to tell us about their to our future and how we can bounce back from this current crisis better than ever… town”. The overall findings from the survey will be shared here as well as at specially The Tadcaster Neighbourhood organised meetings involving the Town Council, Business Forum, local groups and Development Plan is an initiative led by the Town Council to determine new planning policies businesses. The idea is to develop a ‘forward framework’ that considers the ‘how’ and which will carry legal and statutory weight. From the ‘what’ of looking after the town centre in future. It uses an approach for revitalising economic development, to conservation and town centres that was developed nationally by the People & Places Partnership for the heritage and, of course, new homes, this Plan will Local Government Association. be an essential building block for the future of the town – working alongside Selby District Council as they prepare their own Local Plan. Interested Local people have until Sunday, October 18th to fill in the survey which they can in being a part of the Steering Group for this access using the web link below or by scanning the QR code with their smart phone. project? Contact Jo Mottershead, assistant clerk A similar survey has been sent to all businesses in the town centre. at the Town Council to find out more. Share your views on Tadcaster town centre: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Tadcasterusers Selby District Council are also leading the way on a new Cultural Framework for the district, building on the great success of the celebration last year of Selby 950, and will steer SDC’s cultural development priorities and investment over the next 5 years – crucially, it will push those priorities and investment beyond Selby town.
Finally, perhaps most importantly for the long term, and featured inside, is the work of the Environment Agency, working to improve our resilience against future flood events. Get involved and have your say – Pages 7 & 8.
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Fun stuff and Parish
Notices…there’s loads on!
New Novel Set in Tudor York Raising Funds for St Leonard’s Hospice
Tadcaster author Tony Morgan’s latest book, The Pearl of York, Treason and
Plot, is a gripping historical novel, set in the atmospheric streets and buildings of Tudor York.
When Margaret Clitherow is arrested for illegally harbouring Catholic priests in The Shambles, a group of her friends, led by a youthful Guy Fawkes, face a Looking for a new skill to learn? Need some extra help in Music race against time to save her from the gallows. As events unfold, their lives, Theory? Did you start a new hobby during the lockdown, and now and our history, change forever. Although most of the action takes place looking for some professional lessons? within York’s city walls, Guy also journeys through the countryside, visiting Rufforth, Tockwith, Knaresborough and Scotton. Elise Fairbairn is a professional flute player based in North Yorkshire, currently accepting students to begin, or continue, their flute journey Tony became fascinated by the story behind York’s most famous (and infamous) Tudor residents. Elise has won awards for performance at institutions and at national “Margaret, known as the Pearl of York, and Guy, famous for his role in the competitions, and believes in the importance of individual tailored Gunpowder Plot, were raised by prosperous Protestant families. Both became lessons to allow each student to progress to their full potential Catholic enemies of the state. When I was writing the book, I asked myself If are interested in learning, playing, and exploring more about the what events could have persuaded a happily married woman to consider beautiful instrument of the flute, regardless of age or ability, get in martyrdom or transform a young Yorkshireman into a terrorist.” touch via email to arrange your completely free first lesson! All profits from the sale of Tony’s novels and history talks will be donated to [email protected] St Leonard’s Hospice in York, an independent charity, which provides specialist palliative care and support for local people with life limiting Online lessons are available illnesses. Jill Roberts, Corporate and Community Fundraiser at St Leonard's, said "We're delighted to know once again Tony is supporting the hospice in 2020 with the profits from his Want to advertise here? Contact David to find out novels and history talks. Every book sold raises valuable funds for the hospice more – [email protected] / 07905 and our patients." 766831 For more details, visit Tony’s website - https://tonymorganauthor.wordpress.com/ The Ark, 33 Kirkgate, Tadcaster. North Yorkshire. LS24 9AQ t: 01937 834113 e: [email protected] w: tadcastertowncouncil.gov.uk Office Open: Monday to Thursday, 9.30 am to 12.30 pm (closed Fridays)
SUMMER NEWSLETTER
A GREAT BIG Thank you to U3A gets going in Tadcaster Tadcaster’s Local PC Liz In September 2019 a branch of the U3A opened in Tadcaster with a welcome from Steve Cobb the Town Mayor. Founded over 35 years ago, Hartley! the UK U3A movement aims to encourage groups of people in their third age to come together and continue their enjoyment of learning or fun activities in subjects of interest to them. The 'third age' is defined by a time in your life (not necessarily chronological) where you have the opportunity to undertake learning for its own sake. There is no minimum age, and members are those who are no longer in full-time employment or who have finished raising a family. Their motto is “Learn, Laugh and Live”.
There are now 73 members in Tadcaster with active interest groups involved in things such as astronomy, circle dancing, days out, family history, nature/wildlife, photography, and walking. Other interest groups are planned.
The central U3A body has been very helpful in disseminating advice and ideas for keeping members interested and these are continuously communicated to the Tadcaster Town Council would She covered Tadcaster and current members. And although like to thank and congratulate Sherburn for almost her entire Once again all at Tadcaster meetings have ceased due to PC27 Liz Hartley on her service as a Traffic Officer and Town Council, speaking on coronavirus, it is anticipated that retirement from North Yorkshire then as a Neighbourhood PC. behalf of all who know you everything will soon get back to Police after 29 years in service. and were served by you, normal. we thank you immensely “For all those who know Liz know for your support and Liz has worked closely with the what a credit she is to Tadcaster Further details about U3A and what keeping Tadcaster safe. Town Council over the years by and surrounding villages, she they do are on their web site, attending Council meetings, was a passionate and dedicated u3asites.org.uk/tadcaster/welcome We wish you all the best informing the Council on local officer and she will be greatly matters and working directly with missed by the team and the and happiness for your local youth and community community that she served”. retirement!! groups in the town.
SUMMER 2020 NEWSLETTER TADCASTER IN BLOOM
With the bright days of summer at an end, the council invested £1000 in bulbs so that spring through to summer welcomed us with the arrival of a colourful array of continually flowering bulbs. The bulbs were planted across the gateways to Tadcaster to brighten our town with a multitude of colour. We have enjoyed their rich and vivid colours with delightful fragrances generously offered by some of them. The hanging baskets have been better than ever and certainly brightened up the bus station. The heady scents have been a joy to breath in! A huge thank you to all those involved!
Moving Forward Post Covid 19 in the Town
It is a time we wondered would distancing signs and other safety have been funded by the ever happen, but we are notices issued were on display European Regional Development delighted to see the gradual for the public. The support from Fund and distributed by Selby reopening of local businesses locals has been phenomenal and District Council. The stencils and within Tadcaster. Many shops, shopkeepers are in good spirits signage form a small part of the food outlets and pubs on the high and delighted to be back. Town, District, and County street have resumed trading, in Moving forward with risk authority efforts in its response to line with national guidance. The assessments and robust cleaning attract people back to the High number of people who can enter programmes in place and strict Street and shop and support high street shops at one time is social distancing policies, you Local and there will be more limited and most have hand can rest assure that Tadcaster is Tadcaster initiatives to come as sanitiser for customers, PPE doing all it can to adhere to this we move forward. screens and social distancing new way of life. markers within the shops. Social Distancing stencils have Once again, a huge thank you to Businesses were supported with been sprayed on pavements all local businesses, volunteers reopening by community groups, around the around the town to and Tadcaster residents for local authorities and other help maintain social distancing supporting our town at this volunteers who ensured social where possible. The stencils unprecedented time. .
A Tadcaster Town Council “Thank You” During Covid19
The Town Council would like to take this opportunity to send a huge thank you to all Community Groups and Volunteers in the town who have worked selflessly throughout the pandemic to deliver shopping, prescriptions etc. to any residents who have required extra help or who have been self - isolating. Without this help a number of local vulnerable people would have struggled to receive the basic necessities.
The Town Council has remained operational throughout the Covid 19 Crisis and although the office has been home based Town Council services have been ongoing and contact with residents has continued. Contact to the Town Council can be made by telephoning 01937 834113 during office hours 9.30am – 12.30pm Monday to Thursday or by email at [email protected]
SUMMER NEWSLETTER
We regret to inform you that Tadcaster Town Council has mutually agreed to cancel all events planned for this year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The events included; VE Day 75th anniversary celebrations and our fabulous Christmas festival and market.
Remembrance Day will be recognised - however in line with government guidelines we will not be permitted to have a mass gathering.
Although these events have been postponed indefinitely never fear we do hope to return next year with the much-needed celebrations. We sincerely thank all those who showed interest in taking part in the events this year and for your patience.
To be directly informed on future planned events in Tadcaster please email [email protected]
Anti Social Behaviour: area suffers greatly at times with littering people of our area will take this on board and the mess left behind. The bus and cause no problems. The winter period North Yorkshire Police station and the chillpod area are well is always quieter but if we work together Newsletter protected by the town’s cctv system and we can ensure the summer months bring can pick up all areas of the the car park. no issues. It is a minority few that can
Several incidents have been successfully spoil it for most, NYP together with the Tadcaster town over the years has seen recorded by the cctv in this area, one local community can work together and sporadic incidents of anti social behaviour. being the damage caused by youths keep Tadcaster safe. The youths of today that are wandering kicking footballs at the Medical Centre around the town are not the ones who signage in the summer of this year. All reports of any kind of anti social caused issues some years ago. North Youths were positively identified causing behaviour will be dealt with robustly and Yorkshire Police are committed to combat the damage and dealt with accordingly. we do encourage the community to report any form of anti social behaviour before it incidents - phone 101 to report issues begins and officers conduct regular patrol This kind of behaviour is not acceptable however should there be incidents ongoing within schools giving presentations on a in the town and NY Police do rely on that require immediate police attendance variety of subjects. parents educating their children and please do not hesitate to use 999. Tadcaster bus station remains a focal point knowing where they are. for young people to congregate and the “Keep safe and behave” is not a lot to ask ‘Chill Pod’ is an area which the youths were youths to abide by and we hope by given as a meeting point. However this working with the community the young
Planning for the future of the Town…Neighbourhood Plan commences!
It is now 2 years since the first community in Selby district to the Covid crisis, the Town Council decided to wrote its own local planning document – a Neighbourhood undertake this task for our town. A small group of Development Plan. That ‘first’ went to our near councillors has been working on this for the past 6 neighbours in Appleton Roebuck. Since then several months and the Council has now approved the more communities in the district have undertaken to write appointment of an external expert consultant – Mr such a document, which once approved by the electorate Mike Dando – to help us write this Plan. becomes a legal part of the Selby district Local Plan, with policies to guide future planning decisions, including Funding for this is provided by central government location and design of new homes, green space, business via an organisation called Locality where information and industry, townscape and heritage features etc. Prior about this type of Plan can be found – www.neighbourhoodplanning.org
SUMMER 2020 NEWSLETTER Dorchester Road cemetery wall restoration
Have you included a hole in your fence for hedgehogs yet?
Tadcaster Town Council are proud to present the newly refurbished section of wall along Dorchester Road surrounding Tadcaster’s cemetery. The wall was in poor condition but after enlisting B K Parnaby’s to restore the wall they have yet again gone above and beyond and we now not only have a safe and aesthetically pleasing wall but the wall now sports a safe and neat hedgehog highway.
We believe the cemetery is home to several hedgehogs which are under threat due to loss of habitat and food. It is therefore critical that they can access a wide range of gardens. Providing a sufficient sized hole (13x13 cm) in walls and fences will allow hedgehogs through but be too small for most pets.
The wall before refurbishment…
No need to be in fear for your plants and vegetables as these little ‘gardeners friends’ will clear your garden of slugs, beetles, caterpillars and other bugs so let’s embrace our prickly friends but remember they are still wild animals and should not be kept in captivity.
Be mindful of any rubbish as hedgehogs are prone to getting tangled, please help us keep our cemetery and town rubbish free by using bins provided. You can create highways and byways whenever you like, but it is usually easiest in winter when there are fewer leaves on the trees and shrubs. Interesting fact: a baby hedgehog is known as a hoglet… awww
Your Town, District & …and afterwards. County Councillors .
TADCASTER WEST WARD: Fiona Greig 07711 691413 Margaret Middlemiss 01937 Don Bain Mackay 01937 835776 834872 Ian Edmondson 01937 830304
Dr Greg Lodge 07877 094821 SELBY DISTRICT COUNCILLORS: Chris Metcalfe 01937 832501 Don Bain Mackay 01937 835776 Dr Claire Stephenson 07532 673875 Richard Sweeting 07842 164034 Richard Sweeting 07842 164034 Mark Mundy Andrew Lee [email protected] [email protected]
TADCASTER EAST WARD: NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNTY COUNCILLOR: David Bowgett 07908 112444 Don Bain Mackay 01937 835776 Jean Chiswick 07813 077892 Steve Cobb 01937 835381
Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) & S106 Funding…any great ideas?
The Town Council receives contributions open spaces, leisure facilities, schools etc.) or from Selby District Council in the form of a anything else that is concerned with Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and addressing the demands that development S106 funding which allows local places on an area. Last year we helped fund authorities to fund infrastructure by a new traversing (climbing) wall at The Barn charging on new development in their for young people (Photo opposite). area. Money raised will go towards the costs of projects within the Town. Applications can be received by the Council and will be considered by The Finance and CIL and S106 contributions can be spent General Purposes Committee. For further by the Town Council on the provision, information please contact the Ark Office on improvement, replacement, operation or 01937 834113 or email maintenance of infrastructure (such as [email protected]
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During thointer Flood Alleviation Scheme project. to prding a scheme to better protect the town, its the risk of flooding, and in turn help the community thrive. Update and a new Consultation from The Environment Agency: the future of Flood Defences
Since the launch of the Tadcaster Flood Alleviation Scheme at our first community engagement event at The Barn, the Environment Agency has been busy preparing for this new consultation on the short list of options for future investment in the town. This has included contracting with our delivery partners, ARUP & Partners Ltd, who will be working in partnership with Jacobs Ltd to deliver the options appraisal. We have continued liaison with the community and stakeholders by newsletters and updates via local networks including Tadcaster Today, TFAG, the Town Council and social media. The @TadcasterFloodScheme Facebook page has also been launched.
Throughout this period the main emphasis has been on producing a feasible short list of options ready to be presented to you, the community. We have been working hard to identify solutions that are environmentally and socially acceptable as well as being technically feasible and affordable. We need to ensure that the solution is right for the town’s flood dynamics as well as being suitable for the local environment, whilst at the same time not increasing the risk of flooding in neighbouring communities.
At this stage we are not specifically consulting on things such as how potential new defences may look. We will consult on this in a separate event at a later date, once the preferred option has been identified, to enable your views to feed into the detailed design of the selected option. Note that the “Do Nothing” and “Do Minimum” scenarios are always included when carrying out an appraisal of potential options and are not options being actively considered for Tadcaster. Images of the proposed options 3-4 are shown overleaf
Option 1 - Do Nothing: This replicates a “walk away” situation. This would mean all maintenance of the existing defences would cease and the defences would fall into disrepair over time. Option 2 - Do Minimum: This replicates a “carry on as we are” situation. This would mean that maintenance of the existing defences would continue as it does currently to maintain the current height and durability. Option 3 - Raise/strengthen existing defences plus new defences downstream to defend east and west banks. This option/s incorporates improvements to the existing defences, a new section of defence adjacent to Beech Close and then further options on the west bank to help protect properties and access in this area. Option 3a - fully around Crane Cottages, football ground & rear of brewery; Option 3b - continuing existing line of brewery wall and then around Crane Cottages; Option 3c - around Crane Cottage only; Option 4 - Hybrid solution: This option would include a combination of raised and new defences within the town (detailed above), some off-line upstream storage and increased channel conveyance through the opening of the Tadcaster Bridge arches.
For those who wish to view this information in detail, please visit: www.virtualengage.arup.com/tadcaster or scan the QR code below.
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Option 3a – fully around Crane Cottages, Tad Albion & rear of Brewery.
Option 3b - continuing existing line of brewery wall and then around
Crane Cottages
Option 3c – around Crane Cottages only.
Option 4 – the hybrid of flood defences + upstream storage.
Your views are very welcome!